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Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995

Hollyoaks facts

It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the Channel 4 soap Brookside

The programme is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks, and features a large cast of characters primarily aged between 16 and 35

It is primarily filmed and produced in Childwall, Liverpool

Beginning with a cast of just seven major characters in 1995, the serial now has approximately 50 main cast members

Hollyoaks has a high cast turnover in comparison with other British soaps; as of May 2014, just thirty-seven characters have spent five years or longer on the show

The programme, which is currently the UK's youngest television soap opera, has won 28 British Soap Awards, 11 Inside Soap Awards, one TRIC Award and one National Television Award; at the 2014 British Soap Awards, Hollyoaks won Best British Soap for the first time, breaking the 15-year draw between rival soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street

It is also popular around the world

The longest-serving cast member is Nick Pickard, who has played Tony Hutchinson since the first episode in 1995; all the other original actors left before 2000